Action and consequence in Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg / Zander Brietzke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brietzke, Zander, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906--Criticism and interpretation.

Ibsen, Henrik.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Criticism and interpretation.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.

Strindberg, August, 1849-1912--Criticism and interpretation.

Strindberg, August.

Strindberg, August, 1849-1912.

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.

Act (Philosophy) in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., [2017]

Summary:

Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov and August Strindberg-innovators of modern drama-created characters whose reckless pursuits of irrational objectives blind them to better options. Ibsen's protagonists in A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder try to bend the world to conform to their personal visions-with disastrous results. Chekhov's characters refuse to do anything, instead dramatizing their lives as if they were actors in a play (which they are). Rehearsing the intractable squabbles between men and women in The Dance of Death and The Ghost Sonata, Strindberg suggests that only in life beyond death can humanity transcend the brutality of existence. Together, the lives of these characters offer a study of the individual's struggle with modernity. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Ibsen: The Buried Secret and the Big Surprise 21

A Doll's House (1879) 38

The Wild Duck (1884) 47

Hedda Gabler (1890) 57

The Master Builder (1892) 67

Part 2 Chekhov: Life in the Subjunctive Mood 77

The Seagull (1895) 93

Uncle Vanya (1896) 102

Three Sisters (1900) 111

The Cherry Orchard (1903) 121

Part 3 Strindberg: Isles of the Dead 131

Creditors (1889) 149

The Dance of Death (1900) 159

A Dream Play (1906) 167

The Ghost Sonata (1907) 177.

ISBN:

1476672237

9781476672236

OCLC:

992225889